A Boy, a Girl and a Baby Cthulhu

Visitors of this blog may remember that today is our anniversary. We went on our first date on October 3rd, 1992, and she’s been suffering life with me ever since.

This year we have something special to celebrate. For once, our latest project doesn’t involve books and computers, but a big belly and a strange creature growing inside. A baby Cthulhu, to judge by the sonogram. ETA is mid-December, so don’t be surprised if I disappear around that time. Baby Cthulhu will have gotten me…

Doc swears those are her fingers, but come on – we all know a tentacle when we see one, right? Not to mention those hooves…

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Congratulations on the naughty glitter in your and Electra’s eyes that branched out to be a future little tentacle/hooves creature (mirror images of you both), that will capture your hearts/minds/souls forever. What you perceive as ‘tentacles’ are 10 little dimpled fingers reaching out to type supersonic fast on her dad’s keyboard. May that little ‘hooves’ kick you so darn hard if you try to take her away from your computer. Soooo…daddy/mommy ohhh…you and Electra should start catching up on your sleep now (before the DOB) and you should start writing stories especially for her. So happy for you and Electra!!!

Oh, this lucky baby! Daddy is a storyteller! I assume @Nicholas in about one to two years we can expect you writing children’s stories. Too cool! CONGRATULATIONS to both of you. Wonderful times are ahead of you!

Looks like the two of you have waited a long time for this. Congratulations. May you have the healthiest baby ever, and may Electra have a very easy delivery, with no hooves creating excessive pain. We will all be expecting pictures once the clean-up is done. Please, do give the child a normal name. Lol.

Nicholaki what Great news!!!! The baby is there live listens, understands, absorbs everything both of you do think or are involved too. Is the third equal part of your very own family. I like December Christmas like!!! Make the baby feel happy from now and start giving him/her the best experiences to keep for life. My best wishes!!!

Congrats to you all, Nicholas! May you enjoy the wonder of the little one. Embrace the babe now, because when she turns 12, she won’t want to be seen with you, even if you are one of the cool kids 😉 Seriously, though, many good wishes to you!

Congratulations mate! Our first date was December 1985 and our eldest has just left home to go to university. Just the 16 year old to go and then we’re free… free I tell you!
Sorry. That may prejudice your upcoming years of joy.
It’ll be a blast.
Honest.
😉

Wow!! Congrats! That’s exciting.
I remember with our first, a nurse came in, grabbed our son, put him on his stomach and started patting his back. Apparently he was choking. Vic and I looked at each other like, “Oh no. We’re never going to be able to do this!” When we walked out the door, we felt very strange, like, “they’re letting us do this?”
Needless to say, both my kids are alive and happy.
You guys will be great parents! I can tell.

Now that’s just wonderful news! And I can’t be sure – I mean, I’m not an expert or anything – but having studied the photo, I think that might be a baby? Hopefully you’ll find out before December. Not that I’m telling you what to do or anything, but I’d imagine you’d want to prep for each option a little differently…

Fantastic news Nicholas!!!!!!!!! I even looked up the chtula word and thought…whaaaat? Such wonderful news once I read the comments and learned it was a real baby!! I wonder who the little alien will look like? What great news!! Congratulations!

Congratulations Nicholas and Electra, what fantastic news! Lots of love and best wishes from both Andy and me. Wow, life has a way of creeping up on you, especially at crossroads, doesn’t it? LOL! Enjoy the ride as I am sure you will 🙂

Yay! So fun! Congratulations to you and Electra. You begin a whole new stage of life full of love and laughs as you help this little human grow. Nothing will be the same again. Um, yeah, we won’t see you quite as much, but I can’t wait for the stories. Rest up. You’re going to need it. Ha ha. Seriously…so happy for you both…all three.

It makes perfect sense…after all, you wrote a great children’s book. Somehow, you knew ??? Many congrats to you. The adventure has just begun. Have no fear ! ☺ We had a baby 14 years after our first date..we needed the time, and it worked out well. ❤️

It’s all been said already, but please accept my congratulations as well. And welcome to the world of parenting. The only advice I can give you is… don’t take any advice. Nothing anyone says now will prepare you for it anyway. It’s a complete roller coaster of a ride, and I’d be lying if I said there weren’t moments when you wondered why you’d done it. But it’s so worth it. Enjoy it all

Congratulations, Nicholas. Yes, definitely a baby Cthulhu! (That takes me back to my RPG days … ah, the nostalgia of it). I was born in December. Everybody grumbles about having to buy me two presents in one month, especially as my husband has the same birthday as me.

Forget any thought of ‘editing’. I can promise they don’t work, and I’m not even sure they improve the product. The creation ( for which you seem to have been highly congratulated) comes naturally. What follows is….well perhaps I should just let you rejoice for now ! Marvellous news- a new life- for all three of you!

Not meant to be scary, just the conclusions from someone who maybe tried much too hard! I can’t help thinking that you achieved this with Runaway Smile. I do believe writers create just as much as reflect. You must be very excited, and I am thrilled for you both.

So it’s a baby right? Not some dystopian end game where we all end up grainy with pincers? Phew! Thank heavens and congrats. Believe me the creative part is easy, it’s the edits that follow delivery of that first draft that are endless, time consuming and bloody expensive… You’ll love it!

Oh, so many congratulations to both of you. But ….” we all know a tentacle when we see one, right? Not to mention those hooves” ….! these words will come back to haunts you if ever he/she reads them when a stroppy teenager Haha! Jx…

It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Which brings me to my initial argument. Sci-fi writing men… Our last 3-D sonogram showed Sonia having distinct African American features. Doc said she was just smootching the inside of my belly, doing a duckface 🙂